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Author Shoda, Makoto, author.

Title Biocontrol of plant diseases by bacillus subtilis : basic and practical applications / Makoto Shoda
Published Boca Raton, FL : CRC Press, Taylor & Francis Group, [2020]

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Description 1 online resource (xxiii, 325 pages)
Series New directions in organic and biological chemistry
New directions in organic and biological chemistry.
Contents Cover; Half Title; Series Page; Title Page; Copyright Page; Contents; Preface; Author; Contents; Preface; Author; 1: Introduction; 1.1 Biological Control of Plant Pathogens by Pseudomonas Species; 1.2 Biological Control of Plant Pathogens by Bacillus Species; 1.3 Production of Antifungal Substances; 1.4 Production of Siderophores; 1.5 Genetic Analysis; 1.6 Ecological Fitness in Soil; 1.7 Production of Antibiotics in Liquid Cultivation; 1.8 Operation of Solid-State Cultivation; 1.9 Plant Test; 1.10 Composts; References
2: In Vitro Selection of B. subtilis as a Candidate of Biocontrol Agent and Characterization of Suppressive Products2.1 Suppressive Effect of Composts on Phytopathogenic Fungi (1); 2.1.1 Materials and Methods; 2.1.1.1 Compost Used; 2.1.1.2 Preparation of Suspensions of Phytopathogenic Fungi; 2.1.1.3 Suppressiveness Testing of Composts; 2.1.2 Results; 2.2 Isolation of Bacteria Suppressive to Fungi from Composts; 2.2.1 Materials and Methods; 2.2.1.1 Isolation of Suppressive Bacteria; 2.2.1.2 Suppressiveness Testing of Isolated Bacteria; 2.2.1.3 Cultivation of Phytopathogenic Fungi and Bacteria
2.2.2 Results2.3 Suppressiveness by B. subtilis and by Culture Broth of the Bacterium to Phytopathogenic Microorganisms; 2.3.1 Materials and Methods; 2.3.2 Results; 2.4 Identification of Suppressive Substance, Iturin; 2.4.1 Materials and Methods; 2.4.2 Results; 2.5 In Vivo Test by Culture Broth; 2.5.1 Materials and Methods; 2.5.2 Results; 2.6 Biological Properties of Each Component of Iturin; 2.6.1 Materials and Methods; 2.6.2 Results; 2.6.3 Discussion; 2.7 Inoculation of B. subtilis NB22 into Compost Products or during the Composting Process (12); 2.7.1 Materials and Methods
2.7.1.1 Composting Material Used and Composting Operation2.7.1.2 Compost Used; 2.7.1.3 Inoculation of B. subtilis NB22-1 to Composts; 2.7.1.4 Counting the Number of B. subtilis NB22-1 Cells in Compost Samples; 2.7.1.5 Preparation of Suspensions of Phytopathogenic Microorganisms; 2.7.1.6 Suppressiveness Testing of Composts; 2.7.2 Results; 2.7.2.1 Survival of B. subtilis NB22-1 in Compost Products; 2.7.2.2 Sterilized Composts Inoculated with B. subtilis NB22-1; 2.7.2.3 Survivability of B. subtilis NB22-l in the Composting Process; 2.8 Characterization of B. subtilis RB14
2.8.1 Suppressive Effect by RB14 In Vitro (14)2.8.1.1 Materials and Methods; 2.8.1.2 Results; 2.8.2 Isolation of Iturin A and Surfactin from the Culture Broth of RB14; 2.8.2.1 Materials and Methods; 2.8.2.2 Results; 2.9 Characterization of B. subtilis YB8; 2.9.1 Production of Surfactin (22); 2.9.1.1 Methods and Results; 2.9.2 Production of Plipastatin; 2.9.2.1 Material and Methods; 2.9.2.2 Results; References; 3: In Vivo Plant Tests; 3.1 Biological Control of Crown and Root Rot and Bacterial Wilt (1); 3.1.1 Materials and Methods (1); 3.1.1.1 Bacterial Culture
Summary "Plant diseases are a serious threat to food production. This unique volume provides the fundamental knowledge and practical use of B.subtilis as a promising biocontrol agent. In order to replace chemical pesticides, one possibility is microbial pesticides using safe microbes. Bacillus subtilis is one of several candidates. Screening of the bacterium, the application of plant tests, clarification of its suppressive mechanism to plant pathogens and engineering aspects of suppressive peptides production are presented here. The author illustrates how B. subtilis is far more advantageous than, for example, Pseudomonas in biocontrol and can be considered as an useful candidate"-- Provided by publisher
Bibliography Includes bibliographical references and index
Notes The author, Dr. M. Shoda, started his academic career with undergraduate, and graduate courses in Biochemical Engineering at the University of Tokyo, Tokyo, Japan. His Ph. D. thesis was on the modeling and computer simulation of product inhibition in microbial reactions under the supervision of Professor S. Aiba, who was a pioneer in Biochemical Engineering. This work on the introduction of computers to modeling was the first trial in the microbial world, and his scientific paper received 40th Anniversary Award for Papers with Special Impact on Biotechnology (John Wiley and Sons, Inc.). As assistant professor at Nagoya University, he gained experience in basic biochemistry and microbiology under the supervision of the late Professor S. Udaka, who was famous as the pioneer of producing amino acids using microbial reactions. He then moved to Tokyo Institute of Technology, where he concentrated on environmental biotechnology based on basic genetics and biochemistry, as well as computer control. As Director of the Research Laboratory of Resources Recycling Process, he supervised numerous graduate students who contributed to this book. He published more than 250 scientific papers, regarding isolation of several new microorganisms, including a new fungus that decomposes many toxic and colored chemicals by producing different unique enzymes, and a bacterium that converts ammonia directly to N2 gas without using conventional nitrification and denitrification processes at a 100-fold higher rate than the conventional method. He is active in research and application of microbial reactions as Professor Emeritus at Tokyo Institute of Technology
Online resource; title from digital title page (viewed on October 10, 2019)
Subject Microbial pesticides.
Bacillus subtilis -- Biotechnology.
Phytopathogenic microorganisms -- Biological control.
MEDICAL -- Pharmacology.
SCIENCE -- Life Sciences -- Botany.
SCIENCE -- Chemistry -- General.
Bacillus subtilis -- Biotechnology
Microbial pesticides
Phytopathogenic microorganisms -- Biological control
Form Electronic book
LC no. 2019030558
ISBN 9780429636769
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9780429639937
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9780429643101
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9780429027635
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